TY  - JOUR
U1  - Wissenschaftlicher Artikel
A1  - Hofer, Sarah I.
A1  - Heine, Jörg-Henrik
A1  - Besharati, Sahba
A1  - Yip, Jason C.
A1  - Reinhold, Frank
A1  - Brummelman, Eddie
T1  - Self-perceptions as mechanisms of achievement inequality: evidence across 70 countries
JF  - npj Science of Learning
N2  - Abstract
                Children from lower socioeconomic status (SES) backgrounds tend to have more negative self-perceptions. More negative self-perceptions are often related to lower academic achievement. Linking these findings, we asked: Do children’s self-perceptions help explain socioeconomic disparities in academic achievement around the world? We addressed this question using data from the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) survey, including n  = 520,729 records of 15-year-old students from 70 countries. We studied five self-perceptions (self-perceived competency, self-efficacy, growth mindset, sense of belonging, and fear of failure) and assessed academic achievement in terms of reading achievement. As predicted, across countries, children’s self-perceptions jointly and separately partially mediated the association between socioeconomic status and reading achievement, explaining additional 11% (Δ R 2  = 0.105) of the variance in reading achievement. The positive mediation effect of self-perceived competency was more pronounced in countries with higher social mobility, indicating the importance of environments that “afford” the use of beneficial self-perceptions. While the results tentatively suggest self-perceptions, in general, to be an important lever to address inequality, interventions targeting self-perceived competency might be particularly effective in counteracting educational inequalities in countries with higher social mobility.
KW  - -
Y1  - 2024
UN  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:bsz:frei129-opus4-34364
SN  - 2056-7936
SS  - 2056-7936
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00211-9
DO  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41539-023-00211-9
VL  - 9
IS  - 1
PB  - Nature Publishing Group UK
CY  - London
ER  -